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' CLIMBING DEVICE.

No. 265,195. I Patented Sept. 26, 1882 WITNESSES 7 INVENTORE,

- view of the same,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY WARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLIMBING DEV-ICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,195, datedSeptember 26, 1882.

Application filed March 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY WARD, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin (llimbingDevices, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exactdescrip- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure Lis a perspective view of a foot attachment for climbing chains.Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same, taken through the line atm, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan taken through the line 3 y, Fig.1.

My invention relates to climbingdevices; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction of parts, as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, 0 is a rod which has a stirrup orfoot-rest, P, attached to its lower end, and is designed to be securedto the leg of the wearer by straps Q.

To the rod 0 are attached a series of hooks, It, turned alternately inopposite directions, and through which a chain extending from the groundto the top of a house is designed to pass, so that the rod 0 will not beliable to become accidentally detached. Upon the inner end of thefoot-rest P is formed a hook, S,

[to he hooked around the chain.

To the inner end of the foot-restP is hinged a spur, T, the upwardmovement of which is limited by its outer end striking against the 5lower side of the hook S. The outer end of the spur T is so formed thatit will readily pass through a link of the chain, and its downwardmovement is limited by its inner end striking against the inner end ofthe foot-rest P. With 40 this construction, when the person wearing theclimbing-clamps passes the chain through the hooks R S and raises hisfeet the spurs T-slip out of the links of the chain, and when the saidperson presses his feetdownward the spur T 5 passes through a link ofthe said chain, so that the said person can ascend the chain with nearlyas much'facility as he would ascend a ladder.

Having thus fully described my invention, 50 I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent a In a climbing device, the combination,with the chain suspended'i'rom the building, of the rod 0, having strapsQ, foot-rest P, hooks R 5 and S, and hinged spur T, substantially asherein shown and described, whereby a person can readily ascend a chain,as set forth.

ANTHONY WARD.

Witnesses:

' JAMES T. GRAHAM,

O. SEDGWICK.

